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weinman2015
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These really help to motivate me.enjoy them and hey don't even think about making buttery popcorn.
Fed up. *****
Food Inc. *****
Vegucated. ***
Bite size. ***
Fat,sick,and nearly dead. ***
Forks over knives. ***
Bigger,stronger,faster. ****
Farmaggedon. ***
Fed up. *****
Food Inc. *****
Vegucated. ***
Bite size. ***
Fat,sick,and nearly dead. ***
Forks over knives. ***
Bigger,stronger,faster. ****
Farmaggedon. ***
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Ew no. These "documentaries" (and I'm using that term loosely here) are not worth the time it takes to read their synopses.
Rather, check out actual science.0 -
I enjoyed The Search for General Tso.
I've seen all but the last 2 titles on your list, and didn't enjoy them.0 -
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https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/does-the-movie-fed-up-make-sense/
The term documentary is used very loosely with these films.0 -
It's unfortunate that these pass as documentaries these days. When I think documentary, I think Ken Burns, not blatant pushing of an agenda because we already have a word for that - propaganda.0
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I found most of those to be fear-mongering, rather than educational.0
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stevencloser wrote: »Ew no. These "documentaries" (and I'm using that term loosely here) are not worth the time it takes to read their synopses.
Rather, check out actual science.
"Mockumentaries"
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Only these films are the reasons I enjoy the "can't be viewed in your country" distribution malarkey. I went to watch Hungry For Change just to see what it was about, but The Very Hungry Caterpilar showed up in the search box so I watched that instead.0
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I like the title "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead," lol. That was me.
These are all movies to try to encourage people to eat healthy, right? I'm already doing that.
When people find out that I eat healthy food, they sometimes ask if I've seen these things and tell me how great they are. I eat healthy because I want to be healthy, not because of some faux-documentary. I don't want to see the movies.0 -
Well geez.they helped me.I thought maybe they would help others.I was wrong0
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weinman2015 wrote: »Well geez.they helped me.I thought maybe they would help others.I was wrong
The problem with these documentaries is that they are extremely biased, and they are all pushing some agenda. And then the filmmakers sensationalize everything in them even more so that people will watch them.
The "science" in them is extremely shaky, at best.0 -
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There was one I watched with the kids a while ago... had a sea turtle in it. Was rather enjoyable.1
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »weinman2015 wrote: »Well geez.they helped me.I thought maybe they would help others.I was wrong
The problem with these documentaries is that they are extremely biased, and they are all pushing some agenda. And then the filmmakers sensationalize everything in them even more so that people will watch them.
The "science" in them is extremely shaky, at best.
So its mostly bs? Like the way animals are treated in food Inc and the fact that they add pink die to meat?I just wanna know what is true0 -
PeachyCarol wrote: »There was one I watched with the kids a while ago... had a sea turtle in it. Was rather enjoyable.
Hmmm I wonder which one0 -
weinman2015 wrote: »Bigger,stronger,faster.
REALLY enjoyed that one!
Hell yeah.that dude with the massive bicepts and the heavy Brooklyn accent was hilarious0 -
weinman2015 wrote: »Well geez.they helped me.I thought maybe they would help others.I was wrong
Or is it just the topic of diet, and the profiles done on various people is what does it for you?
If the latter I can kind of get that, I enjoy shows about gastic bypass despite not really agreeing with the method nor am I moved by much of the messages, really, but I still get something out of the profiles on patients, their documented struggles pre and post op, their transformations, etc.0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »Ew no. These "documentaries" (and I'm using that term loosely here) are not worth the time it takes to read their synopses.
Rather, check out actual science.
"Mockumentaries"
Snort!0
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